Validation of the Constitution in Chinese Medicine Questionnaire: Does the Traditional Chinese Medicine Concept of Body Constitution Exist?
Table 1
Patients’ baseline characteristics.
Cognitive debriefing patients
Patients
Hong Kong general population (2010)a
1,084
(,067,800)
Age (Year, mean SD)
NA
Age group ( (%))*
18–44 years
5 (50%)
376 (34.7%)
2,875,380 (48.3%)
45–64 years
3 (30%)
562 (51.9%)
2,162,400 (36.3%)
>65 years
2 (20%)
140 (12.9%)
912,100 (15.3%)
Refused to answer
0
5 (0.5%)
NA
Sex ( (%))*
Male
5 (50%)
324 (29.9%)
3,307,730 (46.8%)
Female
5 (50%)
756 (69.8%)
3,760,070 (53.2%)
Marital status ( (%))*
Married living with spouse
NA
683 (63.1%)
3,392,300 (57.6%)
Single
NA
282 (26.0%)
1,894,100 (32.2%)
Widower and separated/divorced
NA
115 (10.6%)
601,900 (10.2%)
Refused to answer
NA
3 (0.3%)
NA
Education ( (%))*
Nil
NA
45 (4.2%)
321,294 (5.4%)
Primary
NA
170 (15.7%)
1,005,530 (16.9%)
Secondary
NA
488 (45.1%)
3,105,837 (52.2%)
Tertiary
NA
139 (12.8%)
434,341 (7.3%)
Refused to answer
NA
241 (22.3%)
NA
()
Mean
SD
Floor%
Ceiling%
CCMQ scores
Gentleness
NA
61.37
16.74
0
0.46
Qi-deficiency
NA
33.62
17.52
1.30
0.09
Yang-deficiency
NA
27.01
21.48
11.79
0.19
Yin-deficiency
NA
26.67
16.64
5.10
0
Phlegm-wetness
NA
26.81
17.42
4.82
0
Wetness-heat
NA
26.36
17.01
7.88
0
Blood-stasis
NA
27.74
16.24
3.25
0
Qi-depression
NA
26.86
18.85
9.94
0
Special diathesis
NA
24.50
17.09
4.91
0
SF-12v2 (HK norm)
PF (87.6)
NA
83.24
25.24
2.43
61.72
RP (80.0)
NA
75.59
26.83
2.23
38.88
BP (78.1)
NA
69.12
29.31
4.65
35.97
GH (48.3)
NA
34.63
20.95
11.01
0.84
VT (62.6)
NA
55.29
26.45
6.77
9.46
SF (82.0)
NA
81.97
24.38
2.41
55.24
RE (77.4)
NA
77.18
24.46
1.30
38.38
MH (69.1)
NA
68.71
20.37
0.84
11.84
PCS
NA
46.19
9.94
0
0
MCS
NA
50.34
10.58
0
0
PF: physical functioning; RP: role limitation due to physical problems; BP: bodily pain; GH: general health; VT: vitality; SF: social functioning; RE: role limitation due to emotional problems; MH: mental health; PCS: physical component score; MCS: mental component score; NA: not applicable. Significant difference between patients and Hong Kong general population by chi-square test.
